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_aFitzroy, Robert, _d1805-1865 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aNarrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. Volume I. Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2012 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2012-02-23 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection (http://posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner/)) | ||
| 520 | _a"Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle" by Robert Fitz-Roy is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This work documents the surveying expeditions of the ships Adventure and Beagle, focusing on their explorations of the southern coasts of South America and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe between 1826 and 1836. The narrative encompasses detailed accounts of geographical discoveries, observations of natural history, and depictions of the indigenous peoples encountered during the voyages. The opening of the narrative introduces the reader to the context of the voyages as commanded by Captain Phillip Parker King aboard the Adventure and Captain Robert Fitz-Roy aboard the Beagle. It discusses the preparations made for the expedition, the motivations behind the survey, and the officers involved in the missions. Fitz-Roy explains the decision to prioritize the southern coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego due to their novelty and interest. As they set sail from Plymouth, the narrative hints at the challenges they anticipate facing even before the ships reach Rio de Janeiro, including difficult weather conditions and the complexities of navigating the various landscapes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aBeagle Expedition (1831-1836) | ||
| 653 | _aSouth America -- Description and travel | ||
| 653 | _aNatural history -- South America | ||
| 653 | _aIndians of South America -- Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) | ||
| 653 | _aPatagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel | ||
| 653 | _aAdventure and Beagle expedition (1826-1830) | ||
| 653 | _aFuegians | ||
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_aKing, Philip Parker, _d1793-1856 |
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